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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leaving the safety of the thicket, what do they hear?
(a) bears
(b) men
(c) deer
(d) horses

2. Who in the group does not sleep in the cave that night?
(a) Gamut, Alice, and Hawkeye
(b) Alice, Cora, and Heyward
(c) Heywood, Hawkeye, and Uncas
(d) Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas

3. Who is at war as the novel begins?
(a) The French and the Indians
(b) The English and the Indians
(c) The British and the Americans
(d) The English and French

4. What threat is spotted by Hawkeye near a waterfall?
(a) a pack of wolves
(b) mountain lions
(c) Magua with a rifle
(d) five Iroquois

5. Why does Magua hate Cora's father?
(a) He had Magua whipped publicly for drunkenness.
(b) He made Magua eat off the floor.
(c) He killed Magua's Indian wife.
(d) He made Magua do woman's work in the fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they place in front of the covering to the back of the cave?

2. Who does Uncas say are hiding in the woods?

3. What does Heyward do with the wounded David Gamut?

4. Who is described as possessing muscular features?

5. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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